砌

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to build by laying bricks or stones

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To cut 切 stone 石; 切 also provides the pronunciation

Components 石切

lay brick · Heisig RSH #1527

石 stone + 切 cut

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
砌合法	qì hé fǎ	bond (in building)
砌长城	qì Cháng chéng	(coll.) to play mahjong
砌体	qì tǐ	brickwork
砌合	qì hé	bond (in building)
砌路	qì lù	paving
雕栏玉砌	diāo lán yù qì	(lit.) carved railings and jade steps (idiom); (fig.) richly ornamented (building)
砌砖工	qì zhuān gōng	bricklaying
砌层	qì céng	course (i.e. building layer)
砌词捏控	qì cí niē kòng	to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)
砌末	qiè mo	variant of 切末[qie4 mo5]
砌块	qì kuài	building block
铺砌	pū qì	to pave
堆砌	duī qì	lit. to pile up (bricks); to pack; fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases); ornate rh…
砌砖	qì zhuān	to lay bricks; bricklaying
垒砌	lěi qì	to build a structure out of layered bricks or stones